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. 2002 May 1;540(Pt 3):971–988. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013483

Table 1.

Composition of solutions (mm)

Relaxing Activating Dissecting
Na2ATP 5 5 5
EGTA 5 5
CaEGTA 5
MgCl2 7 7 7
Creatine phosphate 22 20
CPK (mg ml−1) 1 1
Cacodilic acid 100 100
Imidazole 20
KCl 110

The ionic strength of the relaxing and activating solutions was 200 mm. pH of all solutions was adjusted to 7.0 with KOH and HCl. CPK, creatine phosphokinase. All chemicals were from Sigma.